Category: Health
Presser notes: Monuments and masks
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson now finds himself needing to caveat a recent decision by the Pensacola City Council to remove a Confederate…
Dr. Lanza on schools re-opening
“I decided, let me just ask my 9-year-old granddaughter what she prefers…She said she would much rather be at school with teachers and friends.†by…
County more like WD than Publix
The Florida Times-Union reports that Winn Dixie doesn’t require its employees to work face coverings and has no plans to mandate for its customers. “We…
COVID deaths up three for Escambia
Escambia County had three COVID-19 deaths recorded for Sunday, July 19 – which brings the July total to 17 and 61 deaths year-to-date. The county’s…
Contact tracing woes
With the number of COVID-19 cases doubling in Escambia County since June 30, Dr. John Lanza, the soon-to-be retired director of the Department of Health…
200+ COVID cases daily new norm for Escambia
Escambia County has 211 new cases, another death and a positivity rate of 14.2% on 1364 test results for July 17. On June 17, Escambia…
Mask message from Walmart
Imagine if County Administrator Janice Gilley cared as much about her employees and the  public and sent out this message. We can’t get her to…
Hospitalizations at West Florida – up a third
West Florida Hospital – and Santa Rosa Medical – have added 16 COVID-19 patients this week – from 48 to 64. Â From July 1-8, the…
Child COVID cases up 50% as Escambia epidemic continues
Escambia had its third consecutive third 200+ case day – 296 positives. Of those cases, 273 were Florida residents, six tied to nursing homes, one…
Escambia has ‘COVID Epidemic Outbreak’
Everywhere we look we find reports about the COVID-19 outbreak in Escambia County. Yet, the county leaders – except for Commissioner Lumon May – have…
COVID Roundup: ‘Karen’ County rules
Last night, the Pensacola City Council passed a resolution asking the Escambia County Commission to pass a mask mandate for the inside businesses. Mayor Grover…
White House report: Escambia, Santa Rosa in Red Zone
The Center for Public Integrity yesterday published an internal White House report, dated July 14, that says that 18 states are in the “red zone”…
Confirmed: Deputy county administrator has COVID
Chips Kirschenfeld confirmed with Inweekly that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been dealing with the virus for the past two weeks. “Yes,…
Escambia County moves past 5K cases
Escambia now has had 5,054 total COVID cases – Â 4424 Florida residents and 630 non-Florida residents. Florida had 13,965 new cases and surpassed yesterday’s COVID…
Escambia County’s COVID Crisis
On Monday, June 29, Escambia County had only 18 employees that were positive for COVID-19 – eight in Corrections and nine in Public Safety. As…
Escambia County Jail: COVID Hell
“People – parents and loved ones – need to be concerned about family members in the jail.” The Escambia County Jail has become a COVID-19…
What zip codes have the most growth in COVID cases
The zip code that has the fastest growth is 32507 – in Commissioner Doug Underhill’s District 2. The cases have more than doubled since June…
Pensacola MSA in top 20 metro hot spots for COVID
Axios reports of the 20 U.S. metro areas with the highest daily case growth, nine are in Florida, according to Nephron Research. Pensacola is among…
Poll: Voters want CARES funds to go to households, small businesses
This week Inweekly will publish its COVID-19 Ballsy plan. Escambia County is sitting on $14.32 million and trying to figure out to spend it. The…
Baptist, Sacred Heart watching cases, ventilator usage up
Ascension Sacred Heart is cutting back on visitations. Baptist just announced it will do the same. Update from Baptist:Â “Because the recent spike in the number…
